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The Common Ringed Plover is a small shorebird found across Europe, Asia, and Africa, recognizable by the distinctive dark rings on its head and chest. This species is important to monitor because it serves as an indicator of the health of coastal and wetland habitats where it breeds and feeds.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Charadrius
- Mass
- +10.9
- Image
- Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus Iceland 9.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Africa
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The common ringed plover, great ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland.
Common ringed plover foraging at the shoreline